Chapter 186 Theory comes from and is higher than practice

"But what is the difference between joint operations and joint operations?" Yang Wenbin thought to himself, "The major I applied for is called contract combat command." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

He was eager to get answers from his professor's lectures as soon as possible.

"With the progress of science and technology, the continuous research and development of weapons and equipment, and the reform of the structure of combat forces, by the time of World War II, the navy and air force's ability to fight independently continued to rise, the guiding ideology of operations was also quietly changing, and the concept of winning by a single service branch was gradually weakened.

War, unconsciously, infiltrates into the multidimensional space, and the combat operations in the multidimensional space are intertwined and mutually reinforcing, and the restraint and dependence between each other are also more important.

As a result, the war instructors have bet on the development of combat forces in a multidimensional space to win the war, and the various branches of the armed forces have successively produced each other and gradually developed and expanded, thus breaking the single mode of fighting only on land and at sea, and the air and space have also become the arena of war one after another.

In World War II, this mode of operation became the basic form of operations, and it continued to develop and improve in practice, becoming the mainstream of operational thinking and the main body of operational theory in a period after the war.

From World War I to World War II, with the successive emergence of the army, navy, and air force, the coordination of the services began to cross the boundaries of the services. Based on coordinated operations, joint operations, also known as joint operations, have emerged, and the coordination and cooperation between the two services has the same origin as today's joint operations.

After the end of World War I, countries D and F formed air forces one after another. During World War II, the degree of integration of the various branches of the armed forces was greatly enhanced, and the army, navy, air force, and various branches of the armed forces participated in joint operations of various scales and appeared on the stage of war one after another.

The level of alliance and coordination between country D and country B, the Blitz attack on countries B and S, the Sicily and Normandy landing campaigns, etc., has reached the peak of the period of mechanized warfare. During this period, both in terms of scale and the complexity of coordination, joint operations have occupied the three dimensions of land, sea, and air, and the framework of a three-dimensional system has been established.

In the 70s and 80s of the 20 th century, along with the continuous progress of military technology and the development of high-tech military weaponry, the structure and system of the armed forces were greatly changed. The traditional branches of the armed forces are not willing to give up their dominant positions, while the new branches of the armed forces are not willing to be in second place in terms of superiority in equipment, and the barriers between the branches of the armed services have not only not been eliminated, but have been built higher and higher.

In the Yugoslav War, U.S. bombers targeting targets in the north and south of Y had to obey orders from four independent commands at the same time. The invasion of Grenada by various branches of the armed forces went their own way, causing heavy casualties to the invincible M Army.

In the midst of the superficial strength and advancement, all branches of the armed forces have the ambition of conquering the whole world and are fighting their own battles. How pale is the ancient adage that 'the world is not the world of one man, but the world of the world'. In the face of fists that cannot be clenched together, Western economic experts frankly admit that today, the survival time of a tank as a single target on the battlefield is one to three minutes; The survival time of a tank in an open field is 30 to 50 minutes.

In order to explore the best way to unite, the great powers have each put forward new operational theories. The M Army's 'air-ground integration' combat theory emphasizes close coordination in air-ground operations, and during operations, it flexibly selects targets and strikes targets in a three-dimensional manner, so as to achieve greater overall results on non-linear battlefields.

The S Army's 'great depth' combat theory emphasizes the coordinated use of various forces to carry out attacks in all depths deployed locally. This method of operation is based on the background of all-in-depth three-dimensional operations, and in the use of combat forces, air assault has become an important indicator of the quality of operations.

From the point of view of method, the coordination at this time broke through the previous coordination mode that has always been based on the relationship between the quantity, and at the beginning, the standard of the combat mission was the standard to carry out coordination, therefore, on the basis of the rigid time and axis, a more flexible task factor was added, and this change had a milestone significance in doing it in action.

In 1981, the M Army formally put forward the theory of joint operations, and on this basis, it developed into the operational theory of 'integration of land, sea, air, and space,' which became the basis of the military theory of the NATO bloc.

The Gulf War in the early 90s brought joint operations in the era of mechanization to a peak, and at the same time opened the prelude to joint operations under the conditions of informationization. With the improvement of the degree of informationization of weapons and equipment, information has become the key factor for victory, and it has begun to dominate war operations and joint operations, and has begun to enter a new realm. The elements of joint forces have become more complete, the space has been further expanded, and the coordination between the services and arms has become closer, and the number has increased exponentially. Joint operations have been pushed to the forefront of the war and have become the basic form of local warfare under the conditions of informationization.

With one hand firmly grasping the 'Ministry of Defense Reorganization Law' and the other hand high-tech weapons, the M Army will use a joint force to conduct operations in all conflicts, and has tried the theory of joint operations under high-tech conditions, and has achieved great success, and joint operations and coordination have been perfected in the deserts of the Middle East.

And country M, former chief of staff of the Air Force, Michael, was removed from his post for releasing the statement that 'the only way to avoid more bloody ground battles is to use the Air Force more'. The complete victory in the Gulf War and the close coordination between the services have received unprecedented attention and development around the world.

In August of the following year, the Training and Doctrine Command of Army M and the Tactical Air Force Command jointly issued the concept of integrated operational development of 'ground-air integrated operations ---- strategy for the 90s and beyond'. ”

The professor took a sip of water, cleared his throat, and then said: "As a new form of warfare, joint operations under informationized conditions have their own characteristics and laws.

Judging from the form of expression, compared with traditional military operations, joint operations only have more types of combat forces and more functions of elements, but in essence, they are very different from traditional operations in terms of organizational form, method of action, and principle of victory.

In terms of combat methods, the past large-scale ground contact operations have changed to non-contact, non-realistic, and asymmetric precision operations.

In terms of combat styles, it has expanded from positional offensive and defensive operations and mobile offensive and defensive operations to information operations, firepower operations, mobile operations, and special operations.

In terms of core tactics, the past tactics such as front-line breakthroughs, step-by-step advances, and layer-by-layer skinning of heavy battles have changed to information leading, firepower main battles, and system attacks.

It is of great significance to theoretically understand the essence, winning principles, and basic laws of joint operations, to understand and grasp the characteristics, laws, and implementation methods of current joint operations, and to accurately predict and grasp the development trend of joint operations, so as to enhance the command personnel, educate the ability of future operations, train high-quality command personnel for joint operations, and lay a solid foundation for preparations for military struggle. ”